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gratuitous

adj

/ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪt.əs/UK/ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs/US

Etymology

From Latin grātuītus (“free”), from Latin grātia (“favor”), grātus (“showing favor”).

derived from grātia
borrowed from grātuītus

Definitions

Given freely
Given freely; unearned.
2
Unjustified or unnecessary
Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.
- gratuitous violence
- Good to see you Mr. Bond. Things've been awfully dull 'round here. […] Now you're on this. I hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence!
extraneous, interpolated.

The neighborhood

synonymfree
synonymgratis
synonymunjustified
synonymgroundless
synonymbaseless
synonymunfounded
synonymunnecessary
antonymonerous
neighborgratis
neighborgratuity

Derived

gratuitously, gratuitousness, gratuitous praise, gratuitous violence, nongratuitous, semigratuitous

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gratuitous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA